Ottawa Convoy Protests

• Security officials planning for possible new ‘Freedom Convoy’ in 2023: Trudeau advisor

  Jody Thomas told a parliamentary committee this evening that deputy ministers are meeting to discuss the prospective demonstration for the first time this week.

  Canada

  Dec 1, 2022
  
• Blair warned cabinet to keep convoy protest comments ‘temperate,’ inquiry hears

  Bill Blair is the first federal minister to testify before the Public Order Emergency Commission that is probing the government's decision to invoke the Emergencies Act on Feb. 14.

  Canada

  Nov 21, 2022
  
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• Emergencies Act probe: Trudeau calls invocation ‘necessary’ amid civil rights group concerns

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the decision to invoke the Emergencies Act was not one his government entered into 'lightly' but that it was 'necessary.'

  Canada

  Oct 12, 2022
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• Convoy protest organizer Tamara Lich arrested: police

  A lawyer for "Freedom Convoy'' organizer Tamara Lich says the Alberta woman has been arrested.

  Crime

  Jun 28, 2022
• Bringing children, food or fuel to convoy blockades prohibited under Emergencies Act

  Such activities could entail a $5,000 fine or five years in prison while Canada is under the national Emergencies Act invoked on Monday.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2022
• Ottawa mayor pushes to shrink convoy protest footprint, as feds eye action

  Mayor Jim Watson outlined the proposal in a letter released on Sunday as part of a backchannel deal aimed at ending the ongoing protest against pandemic health measurers.

  Canada

  Feb 14, 2022